An inhabitant of Elsie Grotto in the Garden of MandT

‘The Circle Game- An Anthem of Our Times’
Joni Mitchell and James Taylor
(Circa 1969)

Dad’s turn:

“He’s driven down wages, busted unions more than Carter or Reagan could have imagined, maintained high unemployment, given trillions to the rich and their banks, done more to gut the Bill of Rights than Truman or McCarthy and he’s about to go after Social Security and gouge even more out of Medicare/Medicaid.” Bill Perdu

“The president who launched a war without Congressional approval, holds dozens of people without trial or even charges of wrongdoing, and believes he can have any of his country’s citizens executed without due process ignored a few regulations? No one could have foreseen this.” Patrick Towey

“Republicans, some Democrats, and President Obama are pushing a backdoor way to make substantial cuts in Social Security and benefits for disabled veterans — a concept called chained consumer price index, or “chained CPI.”

Incredibly, they are arguing that the cost of living adjustments that seniors receive for Social Security are too generous.  That’s nonsense.  I, and many economists, believe they are not generous enough.

Recently, 17 colleagues and I joined Senator Tom Harkin to introduce a resolution stating our strong opposition to the use of chained CPI.

That means there are 81 other Senators who have not signed that resolution to prevent cuts to Social Security.  These senators need to hear from you — today.

Please join me and our friends at Progressives United in calling your senators and asking them to sign the resolution today opposing the use of chained CPI.

If a chained CPI goes into effect, seniors who are 65 now will receive $650 less a year at age 75 and $1,000 less a year at age 85. Veterans who started receiving VA disability benefits at age 30 would have their benefits reduced by over $3,000 a year at age 65.  We must not allow that to happen.

Today, the wealthiest people in America are doing phenomenally well, corporate profits are soaring and the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider.  At a time when the middle class is disappearing, we must not balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor.  We must not cut Social Security and other programs of enormous importance to the American people!

Today, the effective corporate tax rate is at its lowest level since 1972, and 1 out of 4 profitable corporations pays nothing in federal income taxes.  We are losing about $100 billion a year in revenue as major corporations stash their profits in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens.  We need a budget that ends these outrageous loopholes and demands that corporate America accepts its responsibility to help with deficit reduction.

Please, call today and urge your senator to reject any budget that includes chained CPI, or cuts Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.

Thank you for fighting to protect the middle class and the impoverishment of low income seniors!”

Sincerely,

Senator Bernie Sanders

Mère un jour, Mère toujours

‘I am the sunlight on ripened grain’

* * * * *

 Cher Mère~

Il est vous qui m’a donné la vie.

C’est vous qui m’a enseigné l’amour.

Vous êtes l’essence de tout.

Je t’aime beaucoup.

 The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
~William Goldsmith Brown

~*~

(Originally published on May 11, 2008)

Janet~May 10, 1949

“My heart is filled with you, my dear
We hold you closely ever near”

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Nancy Brinker, she of kill Planned Parenthood fame, is back on board the charity parasite gravy train.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the breast cancer “Race for the Cure” organizer, that famously dumped Planned Parenthood as a grant recipient last year in response to religious right and House GOP objections, gave its then- (and possibly still) CEO Nancy Brinker a whopping 64% raise last year.

Brinker’s annual salary went from $417,000 to $684,717.

This whopping salary comes as Komen phases out its research funds.

It’s ironic that in a year in which Nancy Goodman Brinker, a major GOP donor who served as an ambassador in the Bush administration, nearly destroyed the Komen brand by making it political (and far-right political, at that), Brinker’s not rewarded with a pink slip, but rather with a big fat pink check.

Brinker claimed last August, following the Planned Parenthood fiasco, that she would soon be stepping down as CEO of Komen for the Cure.  But according to the Dallas Morning News, she remains the CEO according to the Komen Web site.

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